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拍品专文
This tapestry is derived from a series of twelve entre-fenêtres depicting Les Chasses de Maximilien commissioned by Charles V and brother Ferdinand in 1533 to commemorate the Holy Roman Emperor. Possibly the fifth panel in the series, this panel depicts the month of August during a year-long excursion in pursuit of stag and boar in the imperial hunting grounds of the Soignes forest outside of Brussels.
The design drawings for the original series, now in the Louvre, were provided by artist Bernard van Orley (d. 1541). The designs were most likely inspired by painted miniatures illustrated in Livre de la Chasse written by avid huntsman, Gaston Phoebus, in the 14th Century. Subsequent sets of the hunting scenes were later woven by Goeblins in the 18th Century for both Colbert and Louis XV, who in turn presented them as a gift to the Duc de Charost.
Formed in 1824 by carpet dealer and "silk merchant to the king", Pierre-Antoine Demy-Doineau and Alexandre Braquenié, Braquenié & Cie. executed high quality interior décors out of their 16, rue Vivienne atelier. Among their prestigious and loyal clientele were Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie, the Marquise de la Païva, and even beyond French borders, the Duc Pozzo di Borgo. As impressive as their commissions were, their accolades were equally notable: the firm received gold medals in Paris in 1855 and in 1862, as Braquenié Frères, won a commission to outfit the headquarters of the Commission Imperiale. With continued success, the firm went on to take gold in Aubusson in 1867 and, in the same year, several of their designers and employees were awarded gold and silver medals. The firm, still in existence today, was purchased in 1991 by French textile manufacturer Pierre Frey.
The design drawings for the original series, now in the Louvre, were provided by artist Bernard van Orley (d. 1541). The designs were most likely inspired by painted miniatures illustrated in Livre de la Chasse written by avid huntsman, Gaston Phoebus, in the 14th Century. Subsequent sets of the hunting scenes were later woven by Goeblins in the 18th Century for both Colbert and Louis XV, who in turn presented them as a gift to the Duc de Charost.
Formed in 1824 by carpet dealer and "silk merchant to the king", Pierre-Antoine Demy-Doineau and Alexandre Braquenié, Braquenié & Cie. executed high quality interior décors out of their 16, rue Vivienne atelier. Among their prestigious and loyal clientele were Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie, the Marquise de la Païva, and even beyond French borders, the Duc Pozzo di Borgo. As impressive as their commissions were, their accolades were equally notable: the firm received gold medals in Paris in 1855 and in 1862, as Braquenié Frères, won a commission to outfit the headquarters of the Commission Imperiale. With continued success, the firm went on to take gold in Aubusson in 1867 and, in the same year, several of their designers and employees were awarded gold and silver medals. The firm, still in existence today, was purchased in 1991 by French textile manufacturer Pierre Frey.